A height-diameter curve for longleaf pine plantations in the gulf coastal plain

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 164-170

  Leduc, Daniel ^a   Goelz, Jeffery ^a  

^a Alexandria Forestry Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Model evaluation; Nonlinear models; Pinus palustris

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GROWTH AND YIELD MODELS; GULF COASTAL PLAINS; HEIGHT-DIAMETER CURVES; MODEL EVALUATION; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS MILL; QUADRATIC MEAN DIAMETER;

FORESTRY;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; PLANTATIONS; WOOD MEASUREMENT;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 70449433101     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/33.4.164     Document Type: Article

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